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Productivity of Health Workers in Primary Healthcare Facilities in Nigeria: Why is the Average Caseload Estimated to be Low?

In: Tracking Resources for Primary Health Care A Framework and Practices in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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  • Yanfang Su
  • Daniel H. Kress
  • Hong Wang

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This chapter adds to the growing literature around primary health care (PHC) productivity by first quantifying the current caseloads of consulting health workers in Nigeria, then quantifying the associations between contextual factors and caseloads in Nigerian facilities, and lastly concluding with recommendations for optimizing worker productivity within the country. We explore resource productivity, including (a) how productive is PHC, measured by caseload, (b) what health workers are observed to do with their productive time, (c) how patient demand influences caseload, and (d) what are the modifiable factors that are correlated with caseload.

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  • Yanfang Su & Daniel H. Kress & Hong Wang, 2020. "Productivity of Health Workers in Primary Healthcare Facilities in Nigeria: Why is the Average Caseload Estimated to be Low?," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Hong Wang & Peter Berman (ed.), Tracking Resources for Primary Health Care A Framework and Practices in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, chapter 10, pages 255-269, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789811212413_0010
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    Keywords

    Health Financing; Public Financial Management; Resource Tracking; Health Economics; Health Policy;
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    JEL classification:

    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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